View, Grove Arcade, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Grove Arcade
Item information
- Title:
- View, Grove Arcade, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Tudor Revival
Commercial buildings
- Original Format:
- Color slides; 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh1031pnc003
- Architect:
- Parker, Charles N. more info on Parker, Charles N., architect
- Created Date:
- to
- Created Date:
- Description:
- Provenance: E. W. Grove, first owner; Walter Taylor and Associates, second owner. | Architectural Note: The structure was initially intended as a skyscraper, and the use of ivory-glazed terra-cotta and decorative griffins lend the structure a unique appearance. The structure's molded panels include an image of the architect, Charles N. Parker. | Historical Note: The arcade is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was occupied by the federal government in 1942.
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Grove Arcade (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Parker, Charles N.
- Built:
- Street:
- 1 Page Avenue
- Community:
- Asheville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28801
- Provenance note:
- E. W. Grove, first owner; Walter Taylor and Associates, second owner.
- Architectural note:
- The structure was initially intended as a skyscraper, and the use of ivory-glazed terra-cotta and decorative griffins lend the structure a unique appearance. The structure's molded panels include an image of the architect, Charles N. Parker.
- Historical note:
- The arcade is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was occupied by the federal government in 1942.
- Subjects:
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Commercial buildings
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.595203, -82.555895
Parker, Charles N.
Read the biography for Parker, Charles N. in North Carolina Architects and Builders.